The Corralitas Red Car Property was a private right-of-way through Silver Lake (Los Angeles) for the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar. The “Big Red Cars” ran until 1955 when the Glendale Line was decommissioned for freeway construction. For almost 40 years, a series of developers tried and failed to develop the Corralitas Red Car Property. It's not a park, it just looks like one.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 3, 2014. The hawk was likely drying out from the rain & extreme humidity Saturday night. I've watched the Red Tailed Hawks do this routine in the trees outside my house after every rainstorm.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 3, 2014. It is, however, very special to witness one of these magnificent Red Shouldered Hawks in the neighborhood. They do tend to stay well hidden in the trees. The Red Car Property affords people the opportunity to get close to nature on a trail a few hundred feet from the 5 Freeway.

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Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Contact: redcarproperty@gmail.com

Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.